Charlie Schlenker
Senior ReporterWGLT Senior Reporter Charlie Schlenker grew up in Rock Island, Illinois, and graduated from Augustana College. He has spent more than four decades in radio and has won numerous state and national awards for journalism. He lives in Normal with his family.
Contact Charlie at ceschle@ilstu.edu.
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Residents of the Colonial Meadows subdivision nestled in the shadow of the Central Illinois Regional Airport have some good news about their water and sewer problems. -
The matriarch of a prominent Bloomington-Normal business family has died. Linda Shirk was 79. -
Bloomington Mayor Dan Brady is trying to reassure citizens concerned about potential changes in zoning. -
The McLean County Sheriff's department is fessing up to an error that allowed federal immigration agencies to search its database of Flock Safety license plate reading cameras for more than four months this year. -
Legally, Krystle Able can take on roles for the township, the McLean County Board, and the advocacy group she serves. Whether she can practically do so is a different question. -
The Town of Normal is ratcheting up its rhetoric on the shared sales tax agreement the town and City of Bloomington have with McLean County government. And the county is pushing back hard. -
The Normal Town Council has reviewed elements of a new strategic plan and approved changes to the Enterprise Zone that would offer development incentives in portions of Bloomington-Normal, including Bloomington's under-performing Eastland Mall. -
Varios folletos con un logotipo que evoca una esvástica dentro de una bandera estadounidense han causado alarma al ser encontrados en los alrededores de Bloomington, sin una respuesta clara sobre quién los hizo. -
Cada viernes, un grupo de personas sin hogar se reúne en The Junction, cerca del centro de Bloomington, para escribir. Forman parte de un club de escritores, un esfuerzo para ayudar a las personas desamparadas a enriquecer sus vidas en medio de una existencia estresante. -
Significante despedidas pasarán en la planta Bridgestone Off-The-Road Tire ubicada en Normal. Ni la empresa ni el sindicato United Steelworkers, que representa a los trabajadores, pudieron dar una cifra precisa de los empleos afectados.
